St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-05-18
Fumultuous Scenes in Connection With
Editor 0'Brien's Speech-Mak-
ing at Thai. Place.
The 0rangemen and Nationalists Indulge
in Some Lively Head Cracking
The Former W0rsted.
a Large Body of Armed Police Stand
About and Smile Serenely on the
Sanguinary Fumult.
O'Brien Forces Hearing and Makes a
Vigorous Plea for the ex-Tenants
of Lugacurran.

diSgraceful rowdyism exhibited than
that shown this afternoon in Queens
park, when crowd of Toronto Orange
men attempted to storm the platform
and, failing in that, to choke off all pos
Sibility of Mr.. O'Brien being heard by
keeping up a continual groaning, hiss
ing and cries of God save the queen"
and Rule Britannia 1t was O'Clock
when the crowd had about fully col
lected, and it seemed fair estimate to
set the number present at $1,000. al
though people kept pouring III in such
fiockS from all quarters after the meet
ing had begun that there were
times when 10000 persons would
not be an 0vereStimate. Many
of the banks in the city were closed,
and the students in the university We're
let loose. Many of these. with crowds
of desperate looking rOughS. whose only
glory i'll life seems to be Il row or riot,
were organized in compact band and
excited little suspicion because they
said never word until their time came.
The first demonstration came from
solitary man at the left hand side of the
platform. who stood upon the stump of
tree and began grOaning at the meet
ing and at those on the platform as
though his life depended on the efforts.
Near him was a woman waving green
branch in her hand, and no sooner had
she seen the obstreperouS Orangeman
than she ran the butt of the twig
DOWN HIS THROAT,
which etfectually chOked off the dis
turber, amid storm of applause from
the crowd and cries of "GOd save Ire
land" a rush was made for the woman.
but she was among her friends. and a
surging wave of thousands drove back
her wOuld-be asSailantS. At this mo-
ment Mr.. O'Brien entered the park in
carriage. One hundred and fifty police
men, i'll charge of Lieut.. Col. GrOsSett,
drawn up in file on the outskirts. Sergt.
Seymour was in charge of squad of
mounted police, and when the dis
turbance and attempted breaking-up of
the meeting took place, most deter
minedly took their place, and remained
there from the beginning to the end of
both Mr.. o. O'Brien's and Mr.. Kilbride's
speeches. The policemen quietly folded
their arms and said not a word In all,
the diSturberS did not number more than
sixty persons, and many of them were
armed with sticks. Two sycamore trees
in front of the platform were taken pos
session of by a crowd of young rOughS
who hiSsed out into the speakers face
during the greater part of the time, until
few powerful men among the Nation
aliStS caught hold of the trunk of the
tree and shook the disturbers to the
ground. This seemed to anger the
. Orangemen, who knocked down one or
two of the NatiOnaliStS with blows of
their clubs. The NatiOnaliStS in return
used their fists very effectively. Police
Inspector Archibald and Deputy Chief
Stuart, who were i'll company with Col.
Gr0SSett, smiled in good natured way,
and used no effort to drive off the row.
dies, who pressed with might and main
to reach the platform, but in
vain. With the exception of a
couple of policemen on horseback. no
attempt was made to interfere with the
rioters. The representatives of the
American newspapers who surrounded
MI. O'Brien on the platform were ply
ing their pencils vigorously. Presently
the Orangemen, by one supreme effort,
were nearly gaining their point by dis
placing the NatiOnalistS and reaching
the front of the platform, when the
Americans signaled to the Nation
aliStS to keep their places. This
suggestion, which was entirely in the
interest of peace, because if the Orange
men reached that spot a bloody time
would certainly have ensued, so an
gered some of the policemen on the plat
form that they threatened To throw
them head over heels to the ground if
they attempted any such signal again.
The Orangemen set up two stump
speakers to talk at the same time as MI
O'Brien. They
ROARED THEMSELVES HOARSE
amid frantic cheers and ycllS of the CO.
terie, who shouted i'll deriSiVe chorus at
those on the platform: Pay your rent
'Hurrah for Lansdowne;" "God save
the Queen" The first signal to inter
rupt by grOaning and singing, God
Save the Queen" was given on the ap-
pearance of j. A. Mulligan, president of
the local branch of the league, as chair
man of the meeting. But he held out
Sturdily as did O'Brien and Kilbride,
and i'll the end the following resolution
was passed amid all Outburst of cheer
ing from the thousands and groans of
dissent from the groups of Orangemen
Resolved, That this meeting Of citizens of
Toronto warmly sympathize with the mis-
sion ofW. O'Brien, NJ. p, in Canada, and
protest against the unjust and cruel treat
ment of the tenants at Lugacurran by Lord
Lansdowne.
This was how Mr.. Mulligan began his
speech: "Fellow citizens: [Groans and
cries of "GOd save the Queen,''1 | feel it
an honor [cries of down with the trail
tor" and cheers and counter cheerSl an
honor to preside at this great meeting
misses and grOansl to welcome William
O'Brien. Enthusiastic cheers, Kisses,
grOans and cries of PAY your rent"
s'Ru1e Brittania," and ''LansdOwne for
ever Il will say" continued the
chairman, ''that these miserable
wretches [cheers and cries of ''Shut
up,"1 who come here to
CHOKE FREEDOM OF SPEECH
in the name of loyalty to the queen are
to-day are the real dislOyal party.
[Cheers.1 1t is we who are loyal-loyal
to the queen, if you like; loyal to the
cause of Ireland loud cheerS]: loyal to
the principles of constitutional right,
which is free speech. [Cheers, Interrupt
tions and shouts of ''God save Ireland. =
Here, now, is the man in whose behalf
we have braved the tyranny and big
Otry of the Orange rabble; here is the
champion of the rights of the Lugacur-
ran tenantry, William O'Brien cheers
and groanSl, of United Ireland, and mem
Der of parliament for Northwest Cork" :"
At this announcements a roar of applause
swept over the multitude and Mr..
O'Brien stepped to the front smiling.
Then began the most terrific groaning,
Kissing. cheering and hOarse shouts that
the day had so far witnessed. Remov-
mg his hat with the utmost coolneis, Mr..
OBrien surveyed the vast sea of faces
before him for moment. He then
began amid the din and uprear to speak
as follows: ''Men of Toronto: [Cries
Of ''God save the queen:" ''Hurrah for
taHsdowne;" groans and immense
chpRrin0 I That cheer of yOurc